Overview

In the first quarter of 2021, volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade rebounded for the first time after 3 consecutive quarters of negative growth  due  to  COVID-19  to  record  1.5 per cent  year-on-year. This   growth   was   attributed  to  Motor  Vehicles  sub-sector  which  grew  6.6 per cent. This  was  followed  by  Retail   Trade   and   Wholesale   Trade   with   0.9 per cent  and  0.8 per cent respectively. Meanwhile, for quarter-on-quarter comparison, volume index decreased  1.4 per cent in this quarter.

Meanwhile, seasonally adjusted volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade grew   0.5 per cent as against the fourth quarter of 2020. This   growth   was  underpinned by Retail Trade, Motor Vehicles and Wholesale Trade  sub-sector  which recorded  increases of   2.5 per cent,  1.6 per cent and   0.6 per cent respectively as compared to the previous quarter.

Table 1: Volume Index of Wholesale & Retail Trade  by Sub-sector

Wholesale Trade Sub-sector

Volume index of Wholesale Trade sub-sector on the positive trend to record  0.8 per cent growth in first quarter 2021 as compared to the same quarter in 2020. This increment was attributed to Non-specialised Wholesale with  5.4 per cent, Wholesale of Machinery, Equipment & Supplies   4.8 per cent, Wholesale of Household Goods as well as Wholesale of Food, Beverages & Tobacco which recorded a growth of  4.4 per cent respectively. For quarterly growth, volume  index of Wholesale Trade went down  2.5 per cent.

Retail Trade Sub-sector

For the first quarter of 2021, Retail Trade recorded  0.9 per cent growth as against the same quarter of the previous year, pushed up by Retail Sale Not in Stores, Stalls or Markets  7.8 per cent, Retail Sale via Stalls & Market  6.9 per cent, Retail Sale of Food, Beverages & Tobacco  5.2 per cent, Retail Sale of Information  &  Communication  Equipment  4.3 per cent  and  Retail  Sale  in  Non-specialised  Stores  3.2 per cent. For quarter-on-quarter comparison, volume index of this sub-sector fell  0.05 per cent.

Motor Vehicles Sub-sector

Volume index of Motor Vehicles went up  6.6 per cent year-on-year, underpinned by Sales, Maintenance & Repair of Motorcycles and Sales of Motor Vehicles which expanded  18.9 per cent and  14.2 per cent respectively. However, Sales of Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories and Maintenance & Repair of Motor Vehicles recorded negative growth of  -3.2 per cent and  -3.9 per cent respectively. For performance of this sub-sector as againts the previous quarter, it decreased  2.5 per cent.

The full publication of the Quarterly Volume Index of Wholesale & Retail Trade, First 2021 can be downloaded from eStatistik portal.

Note.

Data for first quarter of 2021 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication of second quarter 2021.

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DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
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7 May 2021

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